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UNITED STATES PATENT onn'ron:

ERASTUS E. WINKLEY. OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

AUTOMATIC SHOE-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 23, is: 5.

Application filed December 14. 1908. Serial No. 467,414. Renewed May '1, 1914. Serial No. 837,083.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I. Enas'rns E. VVINKLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lynn, in the county of Essex and State of .Massachusetts, have invented certain new plied to that class of lasting machines wherein a single pair of pinccrs is provided. the point of operation of which is trans ferred around the shoe and the pincers. therefore, made to operate successively upon different portions of the margin of the up per, in contradistinction to that class of last ing machines provided with a plurahtp of pincers, or other working tools. operating to last different portions of the upper simul taneously.

The type of lasting machine to which the invention relates is known commercially as the hand method lasting machine. At the present time the only commercial form of the hand method lasting machine is one in which the lasting head is rigidly niounted upon a stationary support the shoe being: presented to and fed past the lasting instruincntalities by the operator. The angular position of the shoe during the feeding movement and the maintenance of the working point in the proper plane relative to the pinccrs is entirely under control of and at the will of the open-.tor.

As is well known to those skilled in the art, to obtain the best results the sides of the shoe should be lasted before its tee is lasted and, generally. the outside of the shoe should be Qnsted before the inside is lasted. Furthermore it is desirable. in McKay work, to last the toe by prcgicssing from the center outwardly at each side. and in all work to last tl sides by prcgzrcssino trim the toe toward the heel. This is the manner in which the best operators la t" shoes on the present commercial"band sole, adjacent the portion of the upper be ing stretched, substantially at right angles to the line of the updraw movement of the pincers, thereby maintaining the insole in the correct plane for properly receiving the lasting tacks.

With this mode of operation in view. the general object of the present invention is to produce a lasting machine, of the hand method type, in which the point of operation of the lasting instrumentalities is automatically transferred around the shoe being operated upon in a manner to last the sides of the shoe before its toe is lasted.

In welt work. for reasons well understood by those skilled in the art, it is-desirable that the too be lasted from one side to the other in one continuous operation the lasting pro grossing, throughout the operation, in the same direction. while in McKay work it is desirable that the opposite sides of the toe be lasted successively, the lasting of each starting at the center of the toe and progrossing outwardly or toward the heel. In

particular instances the succession of the op-.

crations on the remaining portions of the shoe is also varied. One feature of the inrcution. therefore, contemplates a construction and arrangement of the mechanism for automatically transferring the point of op crationof the lasting instrumentalities around the shoe such that the sequence, in which the various portions of the shoe arc lasted. may be varied.

further feature of the invention 'contemplates the combination with the auto u'latic transference around the shoe of the point of operation of the lasting instrumcntalitiesof an automatic relative movement between the shoe and said instruinentalities, by virtue of which the insole, at the working point, is always located with respect to the movements of the pinccrs and fastener inserting devices in the positions in hich the shoe was formerly placed when under control of the operator. Thcsc results inav be, and in the preferred embodiment of the invention are. attained by mounting the shoe on a suitable jack and imparting to the jack angular and bodili m vements in such direction and sequence as to provide for presentation of the side and end portions of the margin of the upperto the lasting instrumentalities in the selected sequence, and by combining with said moving incl: an automatically operatingstembv step shoe feeding mechanism so controlled in its direction of shoe feeding movement as to cooperate with the angular movement of the jack and client such a progression of the shoe past the lasting instrumentalities as to last thrshoe in the manner descrihcd. The proper relation between the insole and the lasting iustrumentalitics at the working point is obtained by a movement of the lasting head relatively to the work, the angular movement of the work being confined. with this construction, to a single plane.

It should he understood that employment of a step-by-stcp work feeding mechanism is not essential, and, therefore, broadly considered. the invention comprises hie-ans for manipulating the shoe. through its angular and bodily niovei'nents, in a manner to present successive preselected portions of the margin of the upper to the lasting instrumentalities in such number as to completely last the shoe.

Another feature of the present invention consists in improved devices for feeding the shoe past the lasting instrumcntalities, when such devices are employed, including provision for feeding the shoe in steps of varying length so that. tacks may be inserted in the manner dictated good practice. An ellicicnt mode of securing this result consistsin the provision of a shoe feeding device capable of imparting a feeding step of the greatest rlesired length and suitable controlling deiices therefor so that the step is shortened as the ends of the shoe are lasted, where the tacks should be closely spaced, and lengthened as the sides of the shoe are lasted, here the tacks may he farther apart. The controlling devices include a pattern, preferably comprising a. pin plate having its pins located in ac co dance with the desired location of tacks in the lasted shoe. These pins are engaged successively by the fccding-dcvic e and serve to govern the length of feeding step.

Other features of the. present invention consist in automatic mechanism for operating certain devices carried by the lasting head to supersede actuating mechanisms for performing similar functions heretofore under control of the operator. These. mechanisms include the actuating devices for controlling the transverse, or reaching movements of the incers, and for controlling the rescntation of a thin or a broad end hearing face on the edge guide to the work. The advantages of these mechanisms in their \'a rious combinations and arrangement of parts will be obvious to those skilled in the artfrom a perusal of the detailed description thereof. Such mechanisms have been applied to what is known commercially as the nigger head" but obviously they may advantageously he used in other types of hand method of lasting head. Accord ingly these, features of the invention are not limited, except as delined in the claims, to use in any particular type of lasting head.

in addition to these features, the invention also consists in certain novel constructions and arrangements of parts as fully set forth 'heroinaflcr, the advantage of which will he 0l)\l0lis to those skilled in the art from the following description.

To the accomplishment of the objects of the invention referred to and such others as may hereinafter appear, the invention roi'nprises the features and combinations of parts hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The various fcatiiresof the invention will he l)-l, understood from a description of its preferred embodiment which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings and in which;

Figure l is an elevation of the ri ht hand side of the machine. the upper central portion being in Section, and the lasting head and pincer-s being shown in operalhe position at the toe, except that the head is hori mntal; Fig. 2 an elevation of the left hand side of the machine the parts of the operating mechanisms lining in similar relalion as is shown in l ig. 1. but the lasting lsad being shown tipped into one of the positions it assumes in the lasting operation; Fig. 2 is a detail, in section, of that portion of the worl; support just below the pattern plate; Fig. 1 is a plan t the parts liclow the linr of Fig. i; Fig. 4 an elevation of th left hand ide of the shoe mntrolling illwflnllilslilri on lilo line -l--lof Fig. 3; Fig. iis an elevator: oi the right hand s de of the hoe contiolling l'uoclnv nisim on the liniii fl of Fig. 5; Fig. 6 is a plan of the lasting-howl tipping-Frame and its supi'iort with said head rcnnncd. the shoe in this figure living shonn in a iliil'crcnt position than is shown in l igs. l and 3: Fig. T is a l|'1lll.-\(l\ i' uction, n elevation, substantially on the line T '1" of Fig. i; Fig. T is a detail of some of the parts shown in Fig. 7 hill in dill'rrcni ri-la lion to each other: Fig. H is a detail in clo- \iilillll ol' the clutch and its actuating dcvic s, with the face plate removal: Fig. 9 is a detail. in front rlriation and parlli in HL'tllflli, ol tlu l till illlll-lllgglfl tripping mechanism: .l*'ig. ll) is a detail, in rear ole valion and partly in sci-lion, oi" the. feed, or tripping n'lcrliauism.\alvc and adiacent part- Fig. ll is a side elevat on, partly in sec-lion, of the shoe ceding arm; Fig. 12 is an uudcrsidr view, partly in section, of the parts shonn in Fig. 11: Fig. l2 is a detail similar lo Fig. l2! oi the forward end of the feeding arm showing the relation oi the part jus. as a feeding stroke is about to commence; Fig. 23 is a plan of the mechanism at the right hand side of Fig. 4; Fig. is a sition of the shoe at head; Figs.

shape than the binds the of the machine, below the line 13-13 of Fig. 5, with the cams removed; Fig. 14 is a section, in elevation, on the line l t-14 detail, in plan, of the feeding arm and its actuating Ynechanism just before moving forward on a feeding stroke to the right; Fig. 16 is a detail, 1n plan, of the connections for shifting the path of movement of the feeding arm to compensate for the variations in shoes of a size different from the size of the pattern,

7 the parts being shown in position for operating on a shoe larger than the pattern; Fig. 16 is a detail of the cam audits connection for-controlling the parts shown in Fig. 16; Figs. 17 and 18 are diagrammatic views of the osition of the feeding arm at the end of its feeding stroke for a right and a left feed, respectively, the guard plate over the feeding trigger being broken away in Fig. 18; Fig. 19 is a diagrammatic view showing, in outline, a shoe larger than the pattern and located in working position with respect thereto; Fig. 20 is a detail, in front elevation, showing the relative location of the cam rolls to their respectivecams; Fig. 21 is a detail, partly in section, of the means for clamping the draw rod for the shoe support after the angular othe working point as been determined; Fig. 22 is an, elevation of the right hand side of the improved lasting 23, 24 and 25 are a rear and a side elevation, and a plan, respectively, of the automatic mechanisms for controlling the reach of the pincers and the movements of the tack block and edge guide on the lasting head; and Fig. 26 is a detail, in plan, on the line 26---26 of Fig. 24.

Referring now to the drawings and first more particularly to Figs. 1, 2, 3 and (i, the embodiment of the invention therein illustrated is shown as mounted in a supporting frame, in the construction of which there is provided a framework comprising right and left vertical side frames A and ll having, respectively, forwardly projecting brackets a. and b, the general outline of these side frames being shown most clearly in Figs. 1 and 2. Between the side frames is a parallel,cent rally located vertical frame I) which is lower than the frames A and B (see Figs. l and 5). The central frame has a forward bracket (1 which is of somewhat different forward brackets a. and k') of side frames. Extending acros" the frames A. l) and I), at their forwan .idcs and above the brackets a, l) and (I, is a flat, vertical cross plate I: (Figs. 1 to 5), which vertical frames together. At the rear side of the frames A, B and D is a second. fiat, cross plate F which assists in bindthe in these frames together. At their lower corners, or feet, the vertical frames are bound together by front and rear beams G and H. At their tops the outside frames are bound together by means of a horizontally arranged casting T, the form of which is shown most clearly in Fig. 6, which may be termed the lasting-head tipping-frame support. The casting T projects somewhat to the rear of the vertical frames of the machine so as to counterbalance the weight of the lasting head, indicated generally by L, which head is mounted on the lasting-head tipping-frame described in detail hereinafter; In its general construction, the framework of the machine is also provided with a central bracket J (see Fig. l) which projects forwardly from the transverse plate This bracket is above 'the vertical frame D but is a little to the left. of said frame. as shown in Fig. 7. The bracket J is partially supported upon a. rod 98 extending hctwccn the brackets a and b, by means of aforward hub through which the rod is gassed. The frame J is provided at its top with a horizontal plate or table K, shown most clearly in Figs. 3 and 6. Above this table and on short uprights In (Fig. 7) projecting therefrom is a horizontal transverse plate M (Fig. 3), the construction being such that there is a space left between the plates K and M (see Fig. 21). At the forward end of the bracket J there is provided a air of upwardly projecting arms N' form-- mg in effect U-shaped head on the bracket J, as shown most clearly in Fig. 7. This is the general construction of the frame work of the machine on which the working parts are mounted although the framework is also provided with a number of brackets, bearings and supports of minor importance which will he referred to hereinafter in connection with the mechanisms which they are usod to support.

The lasting hcad L with which the illustratcd machine is provided is of the consoli dated hand method, or nigger head tvpe, the general construction of which is fully described and illustrated in the United States patents to S. \V. Ladd and R. F. li'lcl cclv. FfiLT-il, June 15, I897; S. W. Ladd. 597,321. Jan. l, 1898: and J. (lav anagh, Jr., 873.0%. Dec. 10, 1907. The lasting instrumontalitics carried by this lasting head operate in the same manner as the cor responding lasting instrnmcntnlitics in the patents referred to and. therefore. thcv need not he described in d tail herein as reference may be had to said. patents. (ertain imorovcnicnts. however, have boon made in the mechanisms carricd by the lasting head in adapting it to the operation of the pre ent machine, which improvements will he dcscrihod in detail hereinafter.

Speaking generally of the operation of the machine. the lasting head L is provided with a continuously rotating main shaft l) and the work is suitably mounted upon a movahlc work support indicated generally at P (Figs. 1 and 5?} provided with a jack Q. on which the shoe ll is mounted, the shoe being named pant the lasting lead by an intermittent. r strp-lg.'stcp, 't'ccd motion. The. jack cg issizuilar in its construction to the jack of my copending application, Scr. No. 4%),408, liled Aug. 20, 1905, and reference may be had to such application for a detailed dc- -"cription thereof. The shoe is preferably mounted on its jacl: with the heel seat in a. horizontal plane which position places the sole of the shoe in substantially a horizontal plane although its foropart slants dowi'iward and to the rear when the shoe is in the posiion shown in Fig. 1, its shank slants downardly and to the right when the shoe is named to the position shown in Fig. (i, and when the position of Fig. 6 is reversed so that its too points to the right instead of to the left. its shank slants downwardly and to the loft. Good practice dictates that the mil of the pinccrs lie perpendicular to the insole at the point operated upon. To provide for this, the lasting head L is mounted so that it may he tipped to the right or left or to the front or rear. This permits a presntation of the shoe to the lasting instruiuen'talities in a proper position to suit the inclination to the horizontal of that portion of the shoe sole adjacent. the particular portion of the margin of th upper being operated upon.

ln order that the lasting head may have the tipping motion described imparted to it. it mounted in a fra uc which has angular movement about axes at right angles to each ot [1 course, as the main shaft i") of the lasting head is continuously rotating the inc-ans For impartirg;- motion with this shaft, should he arranged s that the shaft may minor to rotate in whatever angular rehe la ting head may he placed. 'lo and the drilling pulle i of the lasting h ad shown in the patents referred to is rcmmed and the 'l'rrm provided with a real-hardly extruding hraclzct 1 in which is imu'uulcll a gear wheel :2' which nu'shcs with a second gear wheel 3 carried on th rear end of the driving shaft (1. To the sha l t of the gear wheel 1 there is onnected :1 :nircrsul joint carried on our end of a telescopic liulr 4. the other end which is also pro\ idcd with a universal ioiut connected to a short shaft provided at its rear cud with a bevel gear 5 and journalcd in a horizontal bearing in a a'crticallv arranged bracket 5 which is pinned to a horizontal, longitudinally arranged rock shaft T at the center of themachine. and journaled in suitable hearings in the lasting-head tipping-frame support T. The bracket 6 is provided also with a vertical journal in which there is suitably supported a short shaft having at its lower end a 138V cl gear 8 adapted to mesh with the bevel gear 5. To the lower end of this vertical shaft there is connected a universal joint carried on the upper end of a telescopic link 9 having at its lower end a second universal joint 6011* uected to the upper end of a short shaft suitalol mounted in a vertical journal of a bracket 10 projecting rcarwardly from the central frame 1). This shaft carries at its u ppcr end a bcvcl gear 11 adapted to mesh with a second bevel gear 12 mounted on the main shaft 5 of the machine.

The main shal't S has mounted thereon toward its rear end a driving pulley 13 connected to the shaft by means of a. clutch which may be of any suitable construction. convenient type of clutch is the Well known Horton ciutch and a clutch of this type has been illustrated at U in Fig. 8. its construction and operation are so well known that a detailed description of it is unnecessary. The clutch is provided with the usual stop arm 14 having a spring pressed bearing pin and clutch-latch at its engaging end. which stop arm, in the pres ent instance. is provided with an extension 15 at the lower side of its fulcrum 16. This extension is connected by means of a link 17 to a crank 18 at the rear end of a longitudinally arranged rock shaft 19 (Fig. 5} which is jourualed in hearings at the upper sides of the beams G and H. At its forward end, the rock shaft 19 is provided with a crank havin at its end a starting treadle V. The rocr shaft 19 is provided at its rear end with a torsion spring which is so mounted as normally to maintain the stop arm 14 in a position to be ennagcd by the usual proiecting lug 21 (Fig. h) on the clutch sleeve. thus maintaining the driving shaft disconnected from its driving pulley. A depression of the starting trcaille V will rock the shaft 19 in a direction to overcome the force of the spring 20 and more the stop aim ll army from the shaft S. thus throwing in the clutch and con nor-ting the shaft to its clrii iugr pulley. The starting trcaule is held in its depressed po sition. with th clutch lhro'un in. in means of a latch 3:3 (Figs. 5 and I") which depends iron) one end of a short ro k shaft 23 jourllillCll in suitable bearings rising from the tl'fll'li-YPISU frame beam ll. 'ihe roclr shaft ")3 i encircled by a coiled torsion spring 24. which is so connected that it acts normally to force the latch 2'3 forwardl and thus maintain it always in a posit on to hold the starting trundle V depress-l is in the form of a hell i unit the horinontul arm of which fUllrfrT as a trciuilr 2.7 which on depression overcomes th lm'croi the spring 24: and releases the striding treadle V. A release of the starting 1, .ii lll permits the spring 20 to more the stop arm 14 of the clutch inward to a position again to be en- The latch .32

gaged by the lug 21 during its rotation and thus again disconnect the shaft from its driving pulley.

A cam shaft C, extending across the machine at the rear of the framework and journaled in suitable hearings in the side frame A and central frame D (see Figs. 3, 7 and 520) is driven from the main shaft S with an intermittent, or step-by-step, motion by an actuating mechanism to he described presently. This shaft has mounted thereon ten cams, to be referred to hereinafter, which have been designated, reading from right to left in Figs. 7 and :20, C", C C C C, C, C, C C and C. These cams are bolted to spi'crs and c which are rigidly secured on the right and left hand portions respective y of the cam shaft C (Figs. 3, 4, 5 and T), and are formed in halves for convenience in renewing them in case of breakage or when it is desired to substitute other cams having different lav-outs.

lil'echanism is provided for automatically stopping the machine after one complete rotation of the camshaft C and the cam (J is utilized to control the operation of this mechanism. Referring now to Figs. 5, 7 and 13, the rock shaft :23. carrying the treadle latch 22, is provided with a verticallv extending crank 26 the upper end of which is connected by n'ieans of a rcarwardly extending push rod 27 to the upper end of a parallelly arranged crank .28 journaled on a transverse supporting rod 29 below but a little forward of the 'am shaft The rear end 30 of the push rod 27 is rounded (Figs. 13 and and this rounded end acts as a bearing block for contact with the ram (1". The force exerted by the tors on spring '2 tends to keep the bearing block in contact with its cam. The cam U is pro vided with a single riser, which, once in each revolution, engages the bearia'ig block on the end of the push rod and moves said rod forward which rocks the shaft 23 in a di rection to move the treadlc latch rezn'wardly and thus release the starting treadle. The trcadlc is immediately raised by the action of the torsion spring 20 and the stop arm of the clutch is simultaneously brought to a position to be engaged by the clutch mechanism and thus disconnect the main shaft from itsdriving 'mllc v. \Vith tbisronstrmtion, if the treadle V is depressed so that it. is caught by its latch and the operator then removes his foot from the treadlc, the ma chine will automatically stop after one revo lution of the main shaft. but if for any reason it is found desirable to continue the operation of the machine beyond one revolution of the main shaft, this may be accomplisluul by the operator maintaining the trea llc depressed. M will be noted that a disconnection of the main shaft S from its clutch not only stops the operation of the worm gear 31 and,,thereforc, the

cam shaft C and all the operation mechanisms controlled thereby, but also stops the operation of the lasting head driving shaft 0 and, therefore, stops the operation of the lasting instrumentalities which are controlled by the rotation of this shaft.

Referring now to Figs. 3, 5 and 7, the cam shaft C near its central portion'and just below the shaft S is provided with a worm gear 81 rigidly secured thereto and acting as a driving gear for the cam shaft. The shaft 5 is provided with a slidably mounted sleeve 32 above the worm gear, which sleeve is held from rotation on the shaft, while permitting a longitudinal movement, by means of a. tongue and groove connection with a. collar pinned to the shaft, comprising.

longitudinally projecting tongues which entrr opposed grooves in the forward end of the sleeve 32 (Fig. 5). The sleeve 32 carries a worm 34 which meshes with the teeth of the worm gear 31. The sleeve 32 is enlarged at its rear end to form a housing 35 which is provided with a suitably mounted, i'ntcriorlv arranged cam roll 36. This roll -engagcs the groove 37 of a path cam. formed in part as a helix of the same pitch as the thread of the worm 34, in the surface of a rvlindrical sleeve 38 which loosely surrounds the shaft S and is held from rotation bv being bolted to the central frame l) (Fig. 5). Although the pitch of the hclixes of the thread of the worm 34 and the (:ll]! 37 are the same, yet the helix of the worm is :1 right helix while the helical portion of the ram is a left helix. in the operation of this actuating mechanism between the main driving shaft and the main cam shaft. the engagement of the cam oll 36 w irh that. portion of the ram path which lies opposite the helical portion. causes a r ciprmation of the sleeve 32 which carries the worm 251' longitudinally of the driving shaft. This longitudinal motion of the worm is in the direction of rotation of the speed of rotation of the worm gear is augmented during the continuance of the forward long jitudinal movement of the worm. This forward motion of the worm. and consequent r tation of the worm gear Fl and the cam ha ft t. occupies but a small portion of the angular movement of the driving shaft, which period of time is determined by the length of time required to feed the work or perform anv other desired or necessary operations between the successive operations of the lasting instrumcntalities. The dc sign of the cam path is such that after the desired amount of rotation. for the purposes named, has been imparted to the cam aha fi the power of the worm to impart continned rotation to said shaft is overcome by the action of its helical portion on the sleeve 39. During the engagement of the L Li roll with this portion of the cam; although the worm continues to rotate by reason of its connection to the collar 83, it is moved backward by the cam 37 at the same rate of speed that it would haic moved the worm gear Ill forward and it, therefore, at this time has merely an idle movement between the teeth of the worm gear. During this portion of the angular rotation of the driv ing: shaft the worm gear has no motion im' parted thereto and. therefore. the cam shaft remains stationary. This construction provides for a step-hy-step rotation of the cam shaft by an actuating mechanism which is constantly in operathe engagement and which. at all times. acts positively to perform is oflice.

It is seen that the actuating; mechanism llcsr'riinul provides for an intermittent rotation of the cam shafthaving a number of movements equal to the number of teeth in the worm wheel 31. As the lasting instriuncntalities perform their oflice during each pause in the rotation of the cam shaft. its numiier of movements should be equal to the numher of tacks necessary to properly la t the largest shoe. ln'actual practice this figure will not exceed sixly and. therefore, the worn: wheel has heen provided with sixty teeth. The manner in which the extra movements of the cam shaft are utilized. when lasting a shoe requiring than sixty tacks. will he explained hereinafter in con nection with the description of the shoe positionlllfi and feeding operations. The rotation of the lasting head driving shaft 0 is. of course. continuous being unaffected by the slopirvstcp driving, mechanism just (lescrilrd. l'he proportioning of the gears for driving this shaft is such. however. that the lasting iirtrumentalitieS pass through sixtv complete cycles of operations during one rotation of the cam shaft. Means is provided. as hereinafter explained. to tn'cvcnt the delncry of tacks to the tacit inserting mechanisin during selected cycles of operation when operating on a shoe requiring less than sixty tacks to properly last it.

To perform the best work the pulling movement. or updraw of the pincers. should he suhstantially perpendicular to [he insole. As the consolidated hand method lasting machines have been used heretof re. in on der to maintain the plane of the insole which is adjacent the porti n of the margin of the upper heint: operated on. by the lasling instrunicntalitii-s substantially perpendicular to the line of pull of the pinccrs in their uptlraw niorcnn-nt, it has been the custom of the operator to tip the shoe to the desired position. This tipping moremhnt takes place ahout an imaginary transve'se horixonial axis when the toe bring last (1 and bout an imaginary l ngitudinal horizontal axis to the right or left, as occasion demanded, when the sides of the shank of the shoe are being lasted. In the operation of the present machine after the shoe has heen jacked. although the shoe supporting mechanism. as will he described, permits a universal llltlltllltilll of the shoe in a horizontal plane it does not permit a tipping of the shoe out of that plane during the operation of the lasting instrinnentalities. 'lliereforc. in order to maintain the insole adjacent the portion of the margin of the upper being operated upon always perpendicular to the line of the updrau pull of the pincers, the lasting head L is given a tipping movement to the front or rear or to the right or left as may be required at different times during the lasting operation. To this end and referring more particularly to Figs. 1. 3 and 6. the forward end of the longitudinally arranged rock shaft 7 supports a large yoke li'ithin the yoke i0 is a smaller yoke -11 the arms of which are fulcrumed at their outer ends on transverse pivot pins 4. secureiil in. and extendinginwardly from, the outer (.llllfzl of the arms of the outer yoke it). The liase piece. 43 of the inner yoke ll forms the platform or sup pult to which the last ing hQtlil. L is secured. The lasting head is. so mounted on its sup port 13 that the intersection o. the axes of the rock shaft 7 and the fulcrum pins -12 passes through the working point of the lasting); instrumentalities (see Figsxl and 2). Thi arrangement permits a universal tipping of the lasting head aiiout the working point of the lastiu insiriimentalities as u. center. The fol-wart and lnicliwaril tipping occurs about the pins 42 as a lJlYt't, and the tippiin to the right and left about the rock shafl l' as a pivot.

in rder to provide for a tipping of th lasting head to the right or left. thereis connected to the base of the yoke 40 at its left hainl side, and a short distance from the rock shaft 7. the upper end of a link 44 by means of a universal joint 45 (Fig. 6). This link is connected by a second universal joint to (Figs. 4 and 7), at its lower end, to the forward end of a longitudinally arrangedlever 4-7 which is pivoted at its rear end on a supporting rod 49 mounted in the side frames A and i The lever 47 is provided at a suitaiile point with a roll 49 which is engaged hy the cam C. The cam C is so designed that at proper times the link 44 Ts moral! u ward or permitted to drop down ward in, the weight of the lasting head t tip the yoke lo and the lasting, head to the right or left respectively. The forward and hackward tipping of the lasting head is controlled by the cam C which engages a cam roll 50 (Fig. 4),on the forwarijl end of a lever 51 fulcrumed on the supporting rod t which lever is connected by means f "a link 7-2 (Fig. 1) to the horizontal .arm of a 

